4 · Improvising with 1 to 4 notes

Three-Note Blues

Make up your own solo over a 12-bar blues with only three notes: G, B♭ and C. Play short ideas and leave space. Turn on Example solo to hear one way to do it.

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Phrase

Your notes

Valves

123

G · Open

Example solo

Bar 1 of 12 · C7

Rest
Rest
Rest
110bpm
70160

Piano sound: Salamander Grand Piano V3 — Alexander Holm, CC BY 3.0

Trumpet sound: University of Iowa Electronic Music Studios